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Divided Empires, United Families: The Union of Russian Jews and Post-War Family Reunification across the United States and Soviet Union

By Alexandra (Sasha) Zborovsky, Arcadia Graduate Fellow

Divided Empires, United Families: The Union of Russian Jews and Post-War Family Reunification across the United States and Soviet Union

Between 1942 and 1949, the Union of Russian Jews and President Samuel Chobrutsky of the Moscow Jewish Community helped over 15,000 Jewish families across the United States, Mandate Palestine, and South America locate and exchange letters with…